The Avant Garde Project is a series of 20th-century classical-experimental-electroacoustic torrents digitized from LPs whose music has in most cases never been released on CD, and so is effectively inaccessible to the vast majority of music listeners today. This is wild stuff, so check it out if you've never heard this sort of music before. The analog rig used to extract the sound from the grooves is near state-of-the-art, producing almost none of the tracking distortion or surface noise normally associated with LPs.

AGP1-69 are now available for direct download in the archive at www.avantgardeproject.org
AGP70-72 and other recent AGP installments are available at http://thepiratebay.org/user/loudav

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CALLING ALL AGP PARTISANS: I've had a request for Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King, which was released on CD but appears to be now long out of print. I could transcribe it from an LP, but it would be better to get it right off a CD. If you have a copy of the CD and would be willing to transcribe it for the AGP, please email me at lou@avantgardeproject.org, and I can walk you through how to do so. Thanks!

AGP73 is a new departure for the Avant Garde Project in that it is neither an LP nor CD transcription. Its five tracks feature the astonishing flute playing of Richard Craig, a Scottish flautist who made his London debut in 2005 to exuberant reviews. Mr. Craig has selected an intriguing repertoire of highly demanding modern works for solo flute, which he plays with a command and sensitivity that takes my breath away (note flute pun). The rich, detailed recording by Douglas Whates does full justice to the musicianship.

I'm really excited about this installment. My thanks to all involved for offering this wonderful music for free download. For more information on Mr. Craig, see www.richardcraig.net. Mr. Craig's notes on these performances are included in a txt file with the torrent.

01 - James Dillon, Sgothan [9:49]
02 - Brian Ferneyhough, Cassandra's Dream Song [8:01]
03 - Salvatore Sciarrino, Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? [7:02]
04 - Salvatore Sciarrino, Canzona di ringraziamento [6:01]
05 - Salvatore Sciarrino, Lettera degli antipodi portata dal vento [6:13]